Walks and hits per inning pitched

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Martínez

…also had the fewest combined walks and hits per inning pitched (WHIP; 0.737) of all time. (The previous record holder was Walter Johnson, whose 0.780 WHIP came in 1913 at the height of the pitcher-friendly “dead-ball era.”) Martínez became a fan favourite in Boston and was a member of their…